选修7unit2课文填空加课文改写

1、Unit 2 SATISFACTION GURANTEEDLarry Belmont worked for a company that maderobots. Recently it (begin) experimenting with a household robot. It was going (test) outby Larry's wife, Claire.Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially as her husband (be) absent for three weeks, but Larr

2、y persuaded her that the robot wouldn't harm her allow her (harm). It would be a bonus.However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed. His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human than a machine. He was tall andhandsome with smooth hairand a deep voice although his (face) expressio

3、n never changed.On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, (bring) herbreakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. It was disturbing and frightening he lookedso human.One day, Claire mentioned that she didn't think she was cle

4、ver. Tony said that she must feel very unhappy (say) that. Claire thought it wasridiculous (offer) sympathy by a robot. But she began to trust him.She told him how she was overweight and this made her feel unhappy. Also she felt her home wasn't elegant enough for someone like Larry who wanted to

5、 improve his(society) positi on.She was n't like Gladys Claffer n, one of the richest and most powerful wome n around.As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her homemore elegant. So Claire borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read, or rather, sca n. She

6、 looked at his fin gers with won der as they tur ned each page and sudde nly reached for his hand. She was amazed by his fingern ails and the(soft) and warmth of his skin. How absurd, she thought. He was just a machi ne.Tony gave Claire a new haircut and cha nged the makeup she(wear).As he was not a

7、llowed to accompa ny her to the shops, he wrote out a list of itemsfor her. Claire went into the city and(buy) curta ins, cushi ons, acarpet and beddi ng. Then she went into a jewellery shop to buy a n ecklace. Whe n the clerk at the coun ter was rude to her, she rang Tony up and told the clerk to s

8、peak to him. The clerk immediately changed his attitude. Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a "dear". As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. How awful(discover) by her, Claire thought. By the amused and(surprise) look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she w

9、as hav ingaffair. After all, she knew Claire's husba nd's n ame was Larry, notTony.WhenClaire got home, she(weep) with an ger in her armchair. Gladyswas everythi ng Claire wan ted to be. "You can be like her," Tony told her and suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to th

10、e house the night before he was to leave and Larry was(retur n) By that time, Tony expected thehouse to be(complete) tra nsformed.Tony worked steadily on the(improve). Claire tried to helponce but was too clumsy. She (fall) off a ladder and even though Tony wasin the n ext room, he man aged to catch

11、 her in time. He held her firmly in his armsand she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and(run) to her room for the rest of the day.The night of the party arrived. The clock (strike) eight. The guestswould be(arrive) soon and Claire told Tony to go into ano ther room.At that

12、moment, Tony folded his arms around her, (bend) his face closeto hers. She cried out "Tony" and the n heard him declare that he did n't want to leave her the n ext day and that he felt more tha n just the desire to please her.Then the front door bell rang. Tony(free) her and disappeare

13、d from sight.It was then Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the frontwin dow. Her guests(see) everythi ng!The womenwere impressed by Claire, the house and the deliciouscuisine.Justbefore they left, Claire heard Gladys(whisper) to ano ther woma nthat she had never seen anyone so han

14、dsome as Tony. What a sweet victory (envy) by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a han dsome lover.Then she remembered -Tony was just a machi ne. She shouted "Leave me alone"and ran to her bed. She cried all ni ght. The n ext morning a car(drive)u

15、p and took Tony away.The compa ny was very pleasedTony's report on his three weeks withClaire. Tony had protected a huma n being from harm. He had preve nted Claire fromharm ing herself through her own sense of failure. He had ope ned the curta ins thatnight so that the other womenwould see him

16、and Claire, (know) thatthere was no risk to Claire's(marry). But eve n though Tony had bee nso clever, he would have to be rebuilt -you can not have wome n(fall)in love with machi nes.Unit2 A BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC ASIMOV1. Best known for his scienee fiction stories, Isaac Asimov was an American sci

17、e ntist and writer(writing)around 480 books(include)mystery stories,science and history books, and even books about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare.2. Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind he searched forexplanations of eve

18、rything, in the present and the past.3. Asimov's life began in Russia, he was born on 2 January; it ended inNew York on 6 April, 1992, he died as a result of an HIV infectionthat he had got from a blood transfusion nine years (early).4. It was Asimov was eleven years old his talent for writingbe

19、came obvious. He had told a friend two chapters of a story he (write). The friend thought he was retelling a story from a book.5. Throughout his life, Asimov received many awards, for his science fictionbooks and his science books. Amonghis most famous works of science fiction, one which he won an a

20、ward was the Foundation trilogy (1951-1953), three novels about the death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future.6. These books are famous because Asimov invented a (theory)framework which (design) to show how ideas and thinking may developin the future. He is also well known for hi

21、s collection of short stories, I, Robot(1950), in which he developed a set of three "laws" for robots. For example, the first law states that a robot must not injure human beings or allow them (injure). Some of his ideas about robots later influenced otherwriters and even scientists resear

22、ching into artificial (intelligent).选修 7 第二单元课文改写1. “Satisfaction Guaranteed” is adapted from a science fiction (tell)a story about a household robot 's (test) out by a housewife,husband is working in a company.2. The test proved that the household robot was helpful, almost able to do everything

23、. As a matter of fact, it looked like handsome a young man that thehousewife fell in love it.3. Before the test, the housewife was unwilling to have a robot (test)in her house. It was not until she knew that the robot wouldn't harm her or allow her harmed she was persuaded to accept the human-li

24、ke robot as hercompanion during her husband three-week (be) away.4. The robot looked like a real handsome young man a deep voice and a(fix) facial expression. The lady felt (embarrass) when (enquire) whether she needed help dressing.5. The lady felt it (disturb) and frightening he looked sohuman, an

25、d she felt it ridiculous (offer) sympathy by ahuman-like robot.6. Unlike Gladys Claffern, Claire felt unhappy as she was (overweigh)and her house was not elegant enough for her husband to raise his (society) position.7. While (watch) Tony, the robot, (scan) a book with wonder,Clair suddenly reached

26、his hand, and she(amaze) by hisfingernails and the (soft) and warmth of his skin.8. (Not allow) to accompany Clair to the shops, Tony wrote out alist of things (buy) for the improvements of the house.(thank) Tony and told him that he was a“dear ”, Clair turned around (find) that there (stand) Gladys

27、. How awful she felt (discover) by her! The amused and(surprise) look on her face (show) that Gladys thought she (have) an affair with a man (call) Tony.10. To get Clair (envy) and help her regain her confidence, on the nightjust before he was to leave and her husband was to return, Tony (arrange)“

28、a good play ” before a group of ladies, oneof was Gladys. a sweet victory was to be envied by those women!11. The company was very (pleasure) with Tony' s(prevent) a human being from harm and helped the lady to regain her confidenceby making her feel good about herself so that she would not feel

29、 like a(fail). But, being too clever, the household robot would haveto(rebuild) that womenwould not fall in love with “ him”.12. The biography(tell) us that Isaac Asimov was a scientist and writerbest (know) for his science fiction stories. extraordinary imagination and an amazing mind,Asimov was able to search for (explain) of everything, in the present and past.14. Asimov '